Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Climate change! Its now an annual occurrence: For the fifth November in succession parts of the UK inundated with severe flooding

Photo Floodlist

Storms and floods kill five

Storm shuts down a reactor at Torness nuclear power station

20,000 without power in Cumbria

Some areas witnessed 7 times the monthly average of rain in just 24 hours

The annual
flood season arrives right on time for the fifth year in a row in the UK!

What was
once considered a once in ten year event parts of the UK have been submerged
under flood water in November for the fifth year in a row.

The heavy rain that followed Storm Angus
caused flooding in parts of the England and Wales on Monday 21 November and
early Tuesday, 22 November.

Homes have
been damaged and rail and road transport severely disrupted. Police in South
Wales fear a missing man been swept away by flood water. The storm has also
brought strong winds, with gusts of up to 70mph recorded on the Isle of Wight.

Parts of
the South West of England and South Wales had already seen some flooding from
Storm Angus on Sunday 20 November. Evacuations were carried out in South Molton
in North Devon, and Maesteg in Wales.

Elsewhere
in Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, the South West, East Midlands and Wales all suffered
severe flooding with more on the way.

Some areas
had seven times the November average of rain in 24 hours. In the Cumbria 20,000
homes were without power last night, meanwhile in Scotland one of the reactors
at Torness nuclear power station has been taken off line due to a build-up of
seaweed around a cooling water inlet. The issue was discovered at around 8.45am
on Tuesday in reactor one at the facility, near Dunbar in East Lothian. A
spokeswoman for EDF Energy said there had been "quite stormy
conditions" in the area overnight, but she described the closure as
"unusual".

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